A support group for adults with LD and/or ADD meets twice each month, on the 2nd and 4th Mondays, from 7:00 to 8:15 pm, at the Jewish Community Center, 5403 Monument Ave., Richmond, Virginia. Richmond area residents may contact Sheila at 804-730-0411 for more information.

Click on the Publications link to left of screen and see our completely downloadable manual, Support Groups for Adults with Learning Disabilities: How to start, facilitate, and maintain a group.

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Still Available on This Site

Learning Disabilities Directory - 2005
10th Edition

An updated “Learning Disabilities Directory” was published under joint sponsorship of the Learning Disabilities Council and the Virginia Branch of the International Dyslexia Association.

This 10th edition is available on line at www.ldcouncil.org. Paper copies are no longer available. On this site, the viewer must link to “Publications”, then click on the directory cover, and then click on the download message. The download process requires about one minute. Viewers will be able to automatically link to all e-mail addresses and websites in the directory.

Listed in the directory are assessment, counseling, and educational services to children and adults with learning disabilities, employment planning, public and private schools, state operated programs, and colleges and post-secondary resources. Also included are parent support and resource centers, references to legal and legislative resources, educational advocates, recreation, learning disability organizations, and a comprehensive list of pertinent websites.

The Learning Disabilities Council has published a directory since 1978, supported by grant funds which made free distribution possible. This 10th edition was funded jointly by the Virginia Branch of the International Dyslexia Association, VBIDA, and the Learning Disabilities Council, LDC.

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New IDEA 2004 Web Page: http://idea.ed.gov/

John H. Hager, assistant secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) and Alexa Posny, director of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), at the U.S. Department of Education, are pleased to announce a dedicated Web site to provide a "one-stop shop" for resources related to IDEA 2004 and its implementing regulations. The site provides searchable versions of the statute and regulations, as well as, access to cross-referenced content from other laws, such as the No Child Left Behind Act and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. The site also includes topic briefs on selected topics (topics are being developed); links to OSEP's Technical Assistance and Dissemination (TA and D) Network; and a variety of other information sources. The site also has a "Q-and-A Corner" for questions to be submitted. This is a "living" Web site and will change and grow as additional resources and information become available.